empower
empower® is a web-based employee relations platform for HR, employee relations, and people teams managing high-volume casework.
What empower is
empower® is a web-based employee relations platform for HR, employee relations, and people teams managing high-volume casework. It brings cases, documentation, and decisions into structured workflows with audit trails and policy alignment. Supported matters include disciplinary and misconduct cases, grievances, investigations, sickness absence, performance and capability concerns, flexible working requests, and bullying and harassment complaints. Workflows can automate routine tasks, prompt actions, handle correspondence and documentation, and support Subject Access Request administration. empower® enable provides HR-led case management and analytics. empower® transform adds guided manager journeys for self-service with HR oversight. Dashboards help HR review trends and risks, benchmark activity, and inform workforce decisions; analytics can refresh as frequently as daily using a regular feed of people data from the customer's people platform. The service can be configured for different processes, policies, brands, and user views. AdviserPlus says it hosts the platform in UK Microsoft Azure data centres with geo-replication between UK South and UK West, and lists encryption at rest and in transit, multi-factor authentication, role-based permissions, and ISO 27001:2022 certification. Pricing is tailored and available on request.
Good
- Supports a wide range of employee relations case types
- Audit trails and policy-aligned workflows
- Dashboards can refresh as frequently as daily
- Manager journeys include HR oversight
- Lists UK hosting and ISO 27001:2022 certification
Watch out
- No price is listed
- Pricing requires contacting AdviserPlus
Who it suits
empower® is designed for HR, employee relations, and people teams managing high volumes of employee relations work. The transform option also suits teams that want guided manager self-service with HR oversight.
Verdict
empower® brings employee relations casework, documentation, workflows, and analytics into a configurable web platform. Buyers must contact AdviserPlus for tailored pricing.
Plans and prices
From empower's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| empower® enable | Priced on request | HR-led case management · case reports and audit trails · policy-aligned workflows · dashboards · Contact AdviserPlus for a tailored demonstration and pricing. |
| empower® transform | Priced on request | Includes empower® enable · guided manager journeys · manager self-service · HR oversight · Contact AdviserPlus for a tailored demonstration and pricing. |
The facts
Each one read from empower's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- The product page lists multi-factor authentication, UK data storage, role-based permissions and auditability.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Its dashboards and workforce analytics help HR teams track case progress, identify trends and risks, and benchmark employee relations data.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker says empower® is built for HR, employee relations and people teams managing high-volume employee relations activity.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Case management
- The platform brings employee relations cases, documentation and decisions together, with audit trails and policy-aligned workflows.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Case types
- It supports disciplinary and misconduct matters, grievances, workplace investigations, sickness absence, performance and capability concerns, flexible working requests, and bullying and harassment complaints.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Case workflows
- The platform supports structured workflows, routine task automation, action prompts, correspondence, documentation and Subject Access Request administration.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The platform can be configured for different processes, policies and brands, with content and views tailored to the relevant users.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data feed
- The analytics solution uses a regular feed of people data from the customer's people platform, typically shared securely overnight.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Hosting and security
- AdviserPlus says its solutions are hosted in UK-based Microsoft Azure data centres with geo-replication between UK South and UK West, and lists encryption at rest and in transit, annual third-party penetration testing, and ISO 27001:2022 certification.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Hosting resilience
- AdviserPlus says its solutions use UK Azure data centres with geo-replication between UK South and UK West, and that business continuity and disaster recovery frameworks are regularly tested.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker describes nightly XML people-data feeds to an AdviserPlus SFTP server, API integration as an option, and support for SSO including SAML 2.0 and AD.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is described as built for HR, employee relations and people teams managing high-volume employee relations activity.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- AdviserPlus says its hosted solutions are maintained by its team, including data protection, server patching, software updates and domain management.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Manager journeys
- The transform solution guides managers through employee relations processes and is described as typically enabling self-service of 90% of ER tasks.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product options
- empower® enable provides HR-led case management and analytics, while empower® transform adds guided manager journeys for self-service with HR oversight.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- empower® combines cloud-based employee relations case management, guided manager journeys, analytics and optional expert HR advice.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- The platform is hosted on Microsoft Azure in the UK, supports MFA and role-based permissions, and stores data in the UK with auditability.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- AdviserPlus says it is certified to ISO27001:2022, encrypts data at rest and in transit, performs annual third-party penetration testing, and complies with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- AdviserPlus describes dedicated customer support, a Customer Success Manager, customised training, and hosted platform maintenance and updates.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- AdviserPlus says it was founded in 2001.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2001checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
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